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Questions about printing, the process of reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.

I've created some graphics on Adobe Illustrator and have saved them as a pdf. Using Output preview/Object Inspector (from the dropdown Preview list) I can check that every object in the the graphics ...

I'm trying to achieve a black-on-black design on a business card. See link here: AHC 180 Youth Ministry Business Card. The large black arrow and the grunge splotches are a rich black of 40-40-40-100, ...

I'm using Lato for a website and the client wants to use it offline too in printed documents. It prints fine at 100% but if the file is reduced, say print at 70% the letters are distorted and are not ...

I was talking to my printer today and he was saying that while a single colour logo specified as a Pantone is cheaper to print ( litho offset ) ... that defining it as a CYMK process colour if often ...

Getting an image ready to print and ran into a problem of cut marks/crop marks not appearing once the file is printed. Just to review the steps I took while working in InDesign to layout the image:
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I need a resource that shows the best practices for setting up images in Adobe Illustrator and Indesign for printing on a digital press (xerox).I am use to creating images digitally, however am not ...

I am a freelancer and I frequently have to design business cards for my clients. I am currently using moo.com for bigger projects and those free templates for the others, but I need more templates, ...

I am presenting a logo ( and other branding ) to a client. I know that I should present the logo as it will be used, so I will be using card stock for the business card version; and their stationary ...

I maintain an internal weekly newsletter* sort of thing with zero or more points of interest* for each of a couple dozen people*. It's organized in groups within columns with a header for each such ...

For each page of a magazine, the content is the same: 1-2 photos, article content, title, subtitle, and author name. There are also four different layouts: three column full, three column with header, ...

I'm printing a duplexed booklet with vertical master spreads using the instructions by Cari Jansen (great tut) http://indesignsecrets.com/vertical-master-page-spreads.php/comment-page-1. But when I go ...

I have an Adobe Illustrator file that I wish to print; I want to print it on a 60x60in (inches) paper.
My question is: should the Illustrator file also be 60x60in wide? Or it is ok if the dimensions ...

I'm new at marketing and design and I could really use some tips.
What is the appropriate amount of text in an Ad image? I'm trying to figure out whether less text is better than more text.
Here is ...

In a printed technical publication, I need to present a large double-pages illustration on the same double-page than its explanatory paragraph.
Doing so, I had to insert a page break at the end of the ...

I am trying to ask a print broker for a quote on some postcards but I don't know what the name of this coating is. This postcard gets attached to a lanyard and the coating looks great and avoids it ...

I designed a kids' activity book for my client. She handwrote all the text correctly and I typed a sentence out incorrectly. She approved the proof before print but that was the 6th draft so I guess ...

I am looking for a company to print a gold seal/sticker for my product. The problem is, all the companies I have tried can not print with the perfect accuracy I need.
It needs to be water resistant, ...